William Harrison "Jack" Dempesy, born June 24th, 1895 in Manassa
Colorado. Dempsey was one of 11 children, and began his boxing career
at age 16 by staging bare-knuckle fights for tips in various mining camps
throughout the southwestern and midwestern states.

6'2"/180 pound Dempsey took the heavyweight title from 6'6"/245 pound Jess Williard on July 4th 1919 in at Maumee Bay, Toledo, Ohio, sending the giant Williard crashing to the canvass 7 times in the first round. Two more knockdowns in the second round, and Williard was utterly destroyed, and never fought again.

Dempsey lost his title on September 22, 1926 to a skillful and cautious
counterpuncher named Gene Tunney, father of former congressman John Tunney. Tunney, the boxer won the decision over Dempsey the brawler
by refusing to stand toe to toe with the stronger, harder hitting Dempsey.

On September 26, 1927 the Dempsey met Tunney a second time at Soldier's Field, Chicago to try and regain his crown. The second bout appeared to be a repeat of their first, when Dempsey finally got the break he had been waiting for...He caught Tunney in a corner with no way out, and tagged Gene with a flurry of punches, sending him to the canvas.

Prior to the fight, the fighters had agreed that , in the event of a knockdown, that the standing fighter would go to a neutral corner...which
was a direct result of Dempsey's habit of standing over a downed opponent and hitting him again as he stood up...Legal prior to the
rematch...but now a no-no.

When Tunney went down, Dempsey forgot about the new ruling, and didn't move immediately to comply...and the beginning of the count was delayed,
giving Tunney the needed time to recuperate and regain his feet. Many say that, had he moved to the corner, that Tunney wouldn't have been able to beat the count. Ironically, Dempsey lost his bid to regain the heavyweight crown due to a ruling that he, himself was responsible for having been enacted.

It has been since known as: "The Battle of the Long Count"

On June 25th, 1876, George Armstrong "Autie" Custer was defeated,
and his entire regiment wiped out at the Little Bighorn River in Montana by a coalition the of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho nations in what has become known as: "Custer's last Stand"

Minutes prior to the onset of the battle, Custer turned to his Sergeant at Arms and uttered the famous last words:

"Aw, hell Joe. There ain't no damned Indians down there. Let's go!"

1911Tuner :Custer didn t lose the whole regiment Only those with him. Reno Benteen{spelling?} and the supply train Held out and several MOH were given to Reno s men. Another fight like the Alamo were the victory cost the victor the war.

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Dang! See what I get for stayin' up past my bedtime?
I was actually more interested in writin' the funny at the end than in bein' historically accurate...

Guess that shoulda jumped out at me. A regiment would been a helluva lotta
bodies on that draw. Contingent woulda been more like it.